The White Moonlight Keeps Trying to Make Me Go Back to My Ex

Rekindled love after a breakup, with two parts memories to eight parts present day. Go ahead and read.

A country boy with dark skin transforms into a devoted, domineering CEO gong x a sharp-tongued but softhearted doctor shou

"Blurb"

Five years later, Wen Wen reunites with his unrequited love, part-time ex-boyfriend and ex-ex-boyfriend, at an earthquake site in Shuixi Village.

Nurse Cui looks at the pale-skinned man in a suit at the disaster relief site. "Dr. Wen, isn't that your country-boy ex-boyfriend from your phone wallpaper?"

Wen Wen calmly flips through his files. "You have the wrong person. Mine is a coal briquette that came to life."

That night, the man in question cries outside his room, while stubbornly insisting that he isn't crying.

A few days later, the man shows up at his room again, looking aggrieved. "I know your ex-boyfriend in England had eight-pack abs and was cultured and educated. I'm the only one who spent five years secretly checking your social media and pretending to be dead, your coldest ex-ex-boyfriend."

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Five years ago, Zhou Sheng was still as dark as a lump of coal, while Wen Wen was like a tender, pristine water bamboo shoot. One was a poor country boy, the other a rich young man from Shanghai. They had nothing in common, but they fell in love, then broke up a year later.

Wen Wen felt that Zhou Sheng always put him last. The villagers, his family, even a cow mattered more to him. Family duty came before everything else, and he didn't even have the courage to go to Shanghai with Wen Wen. After they broke up, Wen Wen promptly moved abroad for five years and dated a Chinese man.

Five years later, the coal-black boy has become a CEO. After learning that Wen Wen has broken up with his boyfriend, he clings to him like a puppy and begs to win him back. But then Wen Wen's British ex-boyfriend suddenly arrives at the disaster zone, and the two men face off in a tent, ready to fight.

The Chinese doctor says gracefully, "I'm Wen's ex-boyfriend. I came back to China this time to win him back."

Zhou Sheng: "I'm Wen Wen's ex-ex-boyfriend. Now that we've reunited, I'm going to win him back."

The ex-boyfriend scoffs: "I'm the ex-boyfriend. If anyone's getting back together with him, it should be me first."

Zhou Sheng: "I dated him before you did. If anyone's getting back together with him, it should be me first."

So the ex-boyfriend and the ex-ex-boyfriend both begin pursuing Wen Wen. Zhou Sheng is hopeless at wooing people, so he picks up a cheesy line and gives it a try.

Zhou Sheng's eyes glisten. "Dr. Wen, I've booked surgery for the day after tomorrow..."

Wen Wen tenses. "What surgery?"

"A heart transplant." He takes Wen Wen's hand and presses it to his chest. "You've lived here for five years. It's time to return what belongs to its rightful owner."

Bonus scene:

Five years ago,

Wen Wen, sent to the countryside by his mother to experience a rural life: "What's wrong with spending two hundred yuan on hot pot and three hundred yuan on snacks!"

Zhou Sheng, stern and mature: "Wasting things is shameful. If you buy them and don't finish them, that's waste!"

Five years later,

Wen Wen deliberately buys two thousand yuan worth of snacks and gives him a sidelong look.

Zhou Sheng: "Want to buy some more? This is way too little."

Please note:

The shou did date someone in England, but their relationship wasn't what you might imagine. The details involve spoilers, so don't read if that bothers you.

The gong can be infuriating. Early on, he really did put his responsibilities before the shou, and hurt him because of it. Don't read if that bothers you.

Theme: Love life.